Ascribing leg symptoms to chronic venous disorders: The construction of a diagnostic score

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 991-996

  Carpentier, Patrick H ^a   Poulain, Caroline ^a   Fabry, Régine ^b   Chleir, Franck ^c   Guias, Bruno ^a   Bettarel Binon, Catherine ^c  

^a Ctr de Rech Univ de la Lechere   (France)

^b Centre de Recherche de Royat   (France)

^c Unité de Médecine Vasculaire Hôpital Universitaire de Brest ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEG VEIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEIN DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR DISEASES; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 35548988470     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.06.044     Document Type: Article

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